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A lawyer chosen to represent a Washington Post correspondent detained in Iran has been unable to complete formalities to defend him, the reporter's brother said Wednesday as he appealed to the judiciary and the country's top leader to examine the case. Iranian-American Jason Rezaian was detained in Tehran on July 22 along with his Iranian wife, reporter Yeganeh Salehi, and two photojournalists. Rezaian, who was born and spent most of his life in the United States, is the only one of the four still behind bars. Charges against him have not been made public, and his family says he has never had access to a lawyer. A judiciary official last month said he expected a trial to begin...

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A lawyer chosen to represent a Washington Post correspondent detained in Iran has been unable to complete formalities to defend him, the reporter's brother said Wednesday as he appealed to the judiciary and the country's top leader to examine the case....